Max Freedman

UFC 224 was a successful night for Brazilians with the natives coming out victorious in 10 of 13 fights including UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes retaining her title over a game Raquel Pennington. Now MMA Today steps into the world of UFC Talent Relations’ gurus Sean Shelby and...

Take one look at newly-crowned CES Lightweight Champion Nate Andrews’ résumé and a glaring question comes to mind: why isn’t he in the UFC? Perhaps his age (34) or that he trains at a smaller gym. One could even argue it’s his lack of stiff competition. Regardless, Andrews owns...

The evening’s main event of Bellator 198 featured a quote-unquote “dream match” of two of the sport’s most successful heavyweights. In the first round of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix, Fedor Emelianenko (36-5 MMA) took on Frank Mir (18-11 MMA) with the winner set to face Chael Sonnen in...

The co-main event of Bellator 198 featured a featherweight fight between Roufusport’s Emmanuel Sanchez (16-3 MMA) and Team Sikjitsu’s Sam Sicilia (16-8 MMA). Many fans knew this fight could product fireworks and while it didn’t last long, there was enough action to go all around. The opening bell sounded...

After a late-notice withdrawal from John Salter, 30-fight MMA veteran Gerald Harris (25-5 MMA) stepped in on short-notice to compete against surging, unbeaten middleweight Rafael Lovato Jr. (7-0 MMA). In a battle of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City’s Lovato Jr needed just over a minute to dispatch Tulsa’s Harris. From the...

Bellator 198‘s second fight of the night featured Neiman Gracie (7-0 MMA) taking on Mexico’s Javier Torres (10-3 MMA). The heavily-favored Gracie came out orthodox looking to land jabs and counter-strike while the southpaw Torres looked to establish his jab. Torres threw a left-high kick that was caught by Gracie...

Bellator 198’s main card kicked off with a bang. The highly-anticipated debut of World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion Dillon Danis went pretty much according to plan. The member of the Danaher Death Squad announced in 2017 he’d be transitioning to MMA and has since been training under coach John Kavanagh...

26-fight MMA vet Rick Glenn (20-5-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has been out of action since December but is chomping at the bit to get booked for his next fight with the world’s largest MMA promotion. MMA Today caught up with “The Gladiator” and chatted about his UFC career, training...

The UFC headed to Atlantic City this past Saturday and did the card ever produce. Now MMA Today steps into the world of UFC Talent Relations’ gurus Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard to evaluate what’s next for the evening’s competitors. The Victorious Kevin Lee vs. Eddie Alvarez – Lee’s...